National Family Week, 2003
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

As Americans gather during Thanksgiving week, we honor our
families, and we recognize the family as a source of help, hope, and
stability for our citizens and for our country.

Strong families make our Nation better. They teach our children
values and help them become responsible citizens. We must encourage
families to be loving and compassionate, generous and supportive, and
to serve and help others.

On this Thanksgiving week, we also pay respect to our brave
military families whose loved ones are on active duty, many on the
front lines of freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. These families provide
a bond of love and encouragement to our men and women in uniform as
they defend liberty and protect our Nation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States
of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 23 through
November 29, 2003, as National Family Week. I invite the States,
communities, and all the people of the United States to join together
in observing this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities to
honor our Nation's families.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first
day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-eighth.